Drainage system.



G, Y@ SBGENE.

DRANAGE SYSTEM, APPL'IGATION FILED 00T. 12, 1910.

9 and serve to Support the screen ineSli top 22,'tl1us forming a complete screen trap over the mouth of the Well l.

In draining ditches along road 'aya or rail 'av rights of Way the mains 1T may be omitted a5 niay also be the cover 107 to etleet, a Continuousl drainage of the dite-li. tbe Well tube being placed at the lowest point in the ditch.

Front the foregoing7 taken in eonneetion with the drawinga it is thought the complete et nsti-action, operation and many advantages ot my' invention will be readiiiY apparent.

vfilliat. Claim iszf l. The combination of an upright drain pipe extending from the surfaee of the ground dmvnwardly, a series oT" concentric rows et posts risinp from die surface ot tbe ground around the top or saidpipe, eencentric straiuers of diti'erent sii/.e inesli .ot woven wire ,seeured to Said posts, cross bars over Said posts and a screen cover supported on said cross bars.

. Q. The combination of a drain pipe arranged in tbe ground and extending from the` surface downwardly, Said pipe being composed of an annular Serien ot' longitudi nal Sections-'or stares, the alternate stares having their ends projecting' beyond 'the intermediate ones, Supporting ringe ttor said staven arraneed within tlie tube a .SeriesI ot vannular concentric, upright.straniera arranged on the surface of the. ground around Said pipei and a .strainer cove-ring on tbe top of said concentric Strainers.

3. The combination ot an npriglit drain pipe or well extending from tbe surface downwardly, a straining' device or screen over the upper portion of said Well, a lid for the top of. the pipe or Well, means for actuating said iid, and mains leading into said weil and laterale delivering; into said maineI from distant drainage areaS.

4. The combination with a drain tube or Well, and a plnralltyf of distant surface eX- poised areas to be drained, of a Set of drainage pipes leading into said well, the entrant endeI of said drainage piper; being located in laaid areas to be drained and tbe end of Said pipesl that lead into the well beingl located in a lower plane than the ends of said pipes that are located in til areas to be drained.

5. A drain tube or well, a set, of mains delivering into tlie. vrell, laterale delivering into Said mains, the entrant ends of said laterale being located in the Several areas to be drained.

(S. The combinationwith a drain tube or well and a pluralityl otf surface areas to be drained. eta inain delivering into Said well and a plurality of laterale delivering into said niain and havingr their entrant endsl located in the several areae to be drained. T. drain tube or Well, a screening devire over tlie entrant end ot the saine, a sety of mains delivering into tlle well, laterale deliveriir;r into said mains, the entrant ends of said laterale being located in the Several areas to be drained.

8. The combination with a drainage ditch, a draining well or tube therefor, and a oonerete colla' around tbe nxoiitli of said Well.

f). The combination with adi-anlage ditch, a draining well or lub(` therefor, and a concrete collar around tlle inoutli of Said Well7 a se( ot' upright Supports around the mouth oi' said well, cross bare supported over the niontli of said well, by said upright Supports, .and a Screen Cover Wholly inclosing said upriglits and said cross bars to protect t? entrance to Saidjvell.

CHARLES W. 'USBORNE lVitneSseS t). L. SLA'roN,

S. C. Swans. 

